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Benefits of early endovascular thrombectomy outlined in five trials
For patients with large-vessel ischemic stroke, endovascular thrombectomy produces better functional outcomes at 90 days than does optimal medical therapy, as long as the procedure is started within...
Source: Hospitalist News - September 27, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Ticagrelor slashes first stroke risk after MI
ROME – Adding ticagrelor at 60 mg twice daily in patients on low-dose aspirin due to a prior MI reduced their risk of a first stroke by 25% in a secondary analysis of the landmark PEGASUS-TIMI 54...
Source: Hospitalist News - September 9, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Clot retrieval devices approved for initial ischemic stroke treatment
Two Trevo clot retrieval devices can now be marketed as an initial therapy to reduce paralysis from strokes that are caused by blood clots, according to a press release from the Food and Drug...
Source: Hospitalist News - September 6, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
LAA occlusion studied for stroke prevention in atrial fib with prior intracerebral hemorrhage
PARIS – Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion shows promise in providing a far better stroke prevention strategy than does standard medical management in patients with atrial fibrillation who...
Source: Hospitalist News - June 9, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Prior pregnancy protects against TAVR complications
PARIS – Results of the first-ever all-female patient TAVR registry indicate that a history of pregnancy – albeit typically half a century or more ago – is strongly protective against stroke, major...
Source: Hospitalist News - May 27, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Anticoagulation therapy after VT ablation yields fewer thrombotic events
San Francisco – Anticoagulation therapy is probably a good idea after ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with risk factors or stroke, even if they don’t have atrial fibrillation, according...
Source: Hospitalist News - May 10, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Sharp blood pressure rise spikes stroke risk
Individuals whose blood pressure rose sharply over time had a significantly increased risk of stroke and death from nonstroke causes, compared with other blood pressure trajectories in a study of...
Source: Hospitalist News - May 9, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
AF and stroke may be temporally related
CHICAGO – One-third of a large cohort of patients with an implantable cardiac device in place at the time of an ischemic stroke had one or more episodes of atrial fibrillation within the prior 30...
Source: Hospitalist News - May 4, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Endovascular thrombectomy procedure volume for stroke may not affect outcomes
VANCOUVER – The relationship between hospitals’ procedural volume and patient outcomes that has been observed for many cardiovascular interventions and other surgeries does not hold for endovascular...
Source: Hospitalist News - April 21, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Lower the CT to check the heart for embolic sources in acute stroke
LOS ANGELES – Enlarge the field of CT angiography to include the heart in acute ischemic stroke patients; you’ll quickly identify sources of cardiogenic emboli and other problems that will otherwise...
Source: Hospitalist News - March 12, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
VIDEO: Ischemic-stroke thrombectomy use widens and refines
LOS ANGELES – The use of endovascular thrombectomy in the United States to treat appropriate patients with acute ischemic stroke mushroomed during the past year, following several early-2015 reports...
Source: Hospitalist News - March 9, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Seeking an alteplase alternative for stroke
Where is a biosimilar when you need one?
A few weeks ago, I reported on an advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly recommending that the agency approve a biosimilar...
Source: Hospitalist News - March 8, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
ISC: Thrombectomy shown highly cost-effective for stroke
LOS ANGELES – Endovascular thrombectomy is not only clinically the best option for many patients with acute, ischemic strokes involving a proximal occlusion in a large cerebral artery; it’s also...
Source: Hospitalist News - February 29, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
ISC: Imaging supplants clocks for targeting stroke reperfusion
LOS ANGELES – Can brain imaging surpass the clock for identifying acute ischemic stroke patients who will benefit from thrombolytic or thrombectomy treatment?
That’s what experts now envision, based...
Source: Hospitalist News - February 26, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
VIDEO: Rapidly improving stroke patients still at risk for bad outcomes
LOS ANGELES – Stroke patients might seem to improve on their way to the hospital, but it’s hard to know if they really are.
Investigators at State University of New York, Brooklyn, have taken a...
Source: Hospitalist News - February 25, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
